Alamosa County, Colorado Farm Subsidies

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Alamosa County in Colorado received $28.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,991 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1422 of 3087

Rank in Colorado

#23 of 61

Total Subsidies

$28.2M

Payments

1,991

Peak Year

2020

$11.0M

Avg Payment

$14K

205% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Alamosa County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $11.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($11.0M) was 12.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $14K is 205% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$3.4M183$19K
2024$912K171$5K
2023$1.3M143$9K
2022$4.8M226$21K
2021$3.4M412$8K
2020$11.0M454$24K
2019$1.1M149$8K
2018$1.3M154$8K
2017$897K99$9K

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About Farm Subsidies in Alamosa County

Alamosa County, Colorado is one of 3,087 U.S. counties receiving USDA farm subsidy payments. Over the nine-year period from 2017 to 2025, the county received $28.2M across 1,991 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Like many agricultural counties, Alamosa County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.

Data on this page comes from USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, which are public records available under the Freedom of Information Act. All payment data is aggregated at the county level — individual recipient details are available on our top recipients page.